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The nuclear-powered submarine, USS Greeneville, struck the underside of the 180 ft vessel, Ehime Maru, ripping open the engine room and allowing water to pour into the hull.

A Soviet nuclear-powered submarine, carrying nuclear warheads, caught fire and sank off Norway with the loss of more than 40 crew members.

The Navy is to take the brunt of the cuts programme announced by Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon last year, losing some 3,000 jobs, six surface warships and at least one of its nuclear-powered submarines.